The Equal Heart and Mind: Letters Between Judith Wright and Jack McKinney

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Pages are sunned.

An intimate portrait of poet Judith Wright and philosopher Jack McKinney, which vividly recreates their intertwined lives.

Set in Brisbane and Mt Tamborine, where they lived for almost 20 years, these letters vividly recreate their lives and paint an unforgettable picture of postwar Brisbane, with its lively cabals of writers, artists, and intellectuals.

For decades, Judith Wright kept this cache of letters secret, giving them to her daughter, Meredith McKinney, late in life. Meredith and Patricia Clarke have edited the letters, interspersing them with poems, a selection of family album photographs, and facsimiles of some handwritten and typescript letters.

Meredith also contributes a special memoir of her parents, and the book concludes with Judith's moving account of Jack's death in 1966. (book flap)